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moniqueesworld · 5 months

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Men with locs😩😍

#black is beautiful #blacktumblr #black men are kings #melanin #men with locs #blackmeanaesthetic #black moodboard #black men #men hairstyles #black media

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sunsis · 10 months

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Genuinely what a beautiful time to be a Black kid. When I was a little girl I never imagined getting quality representation beyond the stereotypical bestie or comic relief. Racists can rage all they like as long as Black kids get to smile

#representation matters #black representation #black media #black excellence #spiderverse #little mermaid #entergalactic #moon girl and devil dinosaur

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noideaisog · 2 months

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Solange x Harper's Baazar

#solange #black fashion #black media #harpers bazaar

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spaceshipsandpurpledrank · 11 months

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#talkin #tik tok #black history #black media #watermelon man #melvin van peebles

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miss-lauryn-hill · 8 months

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THE NEW EDITION STORY (2017)

#the new edition story #new edition #userfilm #black tumblr #cinemapix #algee smith #caleb mclaughlin #woody mcclain #tyler marcel williams #keith powers #myles truitt #bryshere gray #bryshere y gray #yazz the greatest #dante hoagland #elijah kelley #jahi di'allo winston #black media #my gifs: movies

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raredye · 1 year

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Janelle Monae for EBONY

Photo by Keith Major for EBONY Media

Collage by Bria Sterling

#janelle monae #ebony #ebony magazine #black beauty #black fashion #black artist #magazine #artist #black media #popular posts

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blackgirlcinephiles · 1 month

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I feel like we have a very distorted understanding of how much of Black entertainment media is centered around struggle.

It always annoys me to hear other Black folk say,

“I’m tired of all these slave films, I’m tired of all these movies about ‘The Struggle’.”

Because in reality, if you take some time and do a quick survey, there really aren’t very many movies about slavery and “the struggle”. There’s even fewer that are historically accurate and handle these topics well.

Like within the grand scope of Black entertainment media (media made by Black people about Black people), non-slave and non-struggle films far outnumber movies about slavery and racial discrimination.

I think with the onset of the Black Lives Matter movement, we saw a number of films emerge that told stories of police brutality, slavery, and other incidents of racial terror on the Black community. But I feel like people forget to put that era into context and don’t realize that that period was the first time we were seeing serious efforts to tell those stories on screen in a dramatized format. Those films brought attention and publicity to events and issues that white media would have us forget. And is desperately trying to have us forget, as evidenced by the current histeria around Critical Race Theory.

Films like Fruitvale Station, Detroit, The Hate U Give, shows like Underground, Roots were firsts in a lot of ways. They brought attention to individuals and parts of history seldom talked about. And despite being well intentioned, there are serious critiques to be made about a few of these projects (THUG I’m side-eyeing YOU!)

And I can understand as Black people we don’t want to be re-traumatized with dramatic retellings of a reality we are already intimately and painfully familiar with (these films are for non-Black people more than anyone else). But I want us to place our anger in the right direction. There are too many times where the “I’m tired of slave stories” ends up blowing back harder on Black creatives than anyone else.

In my opinion, there isn’t any over abundance of struggle narratives in Black entertainment media. It’s that struggle narratives end up being more highly profiled by broader white media (read: all dominant media outlets and institutions).

Dominant white media institutions only uplift Black stories that either teach them something about racism or reinforce negative racial stereotypes. Slave films sweep awards seasons. Denzel got nominated for Malcolm X, but he won for playing a corrupt cop in Training Day. Monique gave us years of laughs as she portrayed a playful, and fun loving relationship with her daughter on The Parkers (a role she could’ve easily won an Emmy for), but her Oscar came for playing a toxic and abusive mother in Precious.

If there’s something to be upset about it, it’s that. Its that Black film and television isn’t valued by dominant media when it portrays our simple everyday humanity. They need to see us suffering the terrors of racial capitalism in order to feel and sympathize with our cause and even self flaggelate.

#black media #black film #black television #representation #blackgirlcinephiles #black girls on tumblr

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miscellaneousjay · 1 year

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For all the black girl nerd Attoye fanfic lovers, @sphinx81 and @xblackreader are doing the damn thing in these internet streets! They both have so much Attoye work between both of their blogs, it’s ridiculous in the best way! Follow them and they’ll have you bingeing and wanting more! I know I’m missing more by other amazing peeps, but these are consistently on my particular radar. Reblog and add yourself/others so we can all find more of these amazing works!

#support #black media #black women writers #black fandom #black girl magic #blackgirlbloggers #black writer #black writblr #black writers #miscellaneous #jay #black panther 2 #black panther wakanda forever #doaom #black girls of tumblr #black fanfiction #black fanfic writer #attoye #attoye fanfic

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yelladiamond · 8 months

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Beautiful Disaster🥀

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yualredyknow · 1 year

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I am my top priority 💅🏾

#black girl moodboard #black women in leisure #black women in luxury #feminine energy #high maintenance #luxury #soft black women #black femininity #black girls in luxury #pink pilates princess #black media #melanin #feminine beauty

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medufasa · 3 months

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NEW KINNIE ALERT 😍

SHE LOOKS SO CUTE IN THIS PHOTO

but omg she's just like me fr. Shes a black girl who goofs off a bunch, is overly kind, loves snacks, compassionate, easily amused/distracted, a bit naive LIKE SHE HITS THE FUCKING NAIL (in her PCFS asks vid she also seems to be good/have a liking towards art. LIKE ME)

She also seems a little autistic imo which makes me extremely happy bc I also think I am too, making her relate to me x 1000

Hell even the big boobs and big hair thing I used to relate to (I shaved off my hair 🙁 USED TO HAVE SUCH A NICE AFRO THO IT WAS HUGE)

I have a bunch of kins but she's def one of my top ones, and why I especially like her is because you don't see black female characters in media with a more sillier (WITHOUT coming across as the "funny black friend" character trope), kinder and overall different personality,, more than the stereotypical rude/"ratchet"/"ghetto"/loud/impatient ones. A huge reason on why I respect Erica from TETOCU so much too, because she falls so far away from the typical black girl stereotype and actually has a personality. WHILE BEING HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND GIFTED AT THAT 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Growing up as a black girl these types of characters are so fucking important to see. Its a very small selection and I just named 2 characters, but again there's not much to choose from (and it's just especially great when the one you relate to actually looks like you. It breaks the harmful stereotypes and show that we as a race and gender obviously have a diversity of different personalities).

Shes great :)

Another thing I love is how she's in a anime-esc series, which as you probably know we're not too greatly represented there either. And the fact that it's a black man too who made all this,, it always made my heart so happy bc growing up a black person with alternative/nerdy interests (such as anime and even drawing/animation/art in general),, that was seen as lowkey impossible for some reason. Bc I guess to most; black people only like rap and stuff.. 💀

@emezie